Although online shopping has slowed, it has certainly not stopped. Online retail sales in the U.K. grew fourteen percent from April 2008 to April 2009, says trade association the Interactive Media in Retail Group and technology and consulting company Capgemini. While this growth is slower than in the past, it is much better than the [...]

So, you have taken the classes and you have now become a real estate agent. Or, you already are a real estate agent. Now that you are, or already are, a real estate agent, how do you become a famous real estate agent? Before getting into the specifics of becoming famous, you need to sit [...]

Autoresponders are becoming an increasingly popular way for business owners to keep in touch with their previous and their potential customers. There are a variety of different methods that you can use to increase your business with these and other computerized programs. The latest marketing software has the ability to analyze information entered by your [...]

When it comes to small business marketing, cross-selling is a great technique to increase sales and improve the bottom line. I often work with my coaching clients to create cross-selling programs for their small businesses. The problem with cross-selling is that it can sometimes confuse your customers and cause them to abandon their purchase in [...]

You’ve seen all kinds of lists of things you should incorporate into your Internet marketing plan and it seems everyone has their own opinion on what works best. You can easily find yourself becoming more confused as you do more and more research! Rather than focusing on what you should do, let us tell you [...]

It seems as if most of the entrepreneurs I’ve encountered lately are looking for the “get rich quick” version of small business marketing. Unfortunately, such a thing doesn’t really exist, but if you’re looking for some tried-and-true marketing principles that can accelerate your success, I’ve got a few to share with you: Pull Marketing Works [...]

If you’re like many entrepreneurs I’ve encountered, you probably started your business because you are really good at what you do. At some point in time, you might have decided you were sick and tired of bringing home the bacon for your boss and you figured you’d be better off starting your own business and [...]

Having a business is hard, focusing and attending on its many complexities is even harder, but the hardest of all is in keeping the business financially afloat. With the economic recession the whole globe went through, a lot of businesses closed shops. Business owners could no longer keep up with the expenditures, since it was [...]

No matter what business you find yourself in, you will find yourself in the need for some promotion at some point and at some time. This is true for mega-buck big box behemoths to little girls selling cookies form door to door. It is almost unavoidable. Whatever your line is, here are some Keys steps [...]

It is often forgotten that the most valuable asset that any business has is its brand, this fact can be confirmed by taking notice of the businesses with strong, consistent and meaningful brands that have not only survived but thrived during the recession that we are starting to emerge from. The main purpose of a [...]